Series Description

box 1

Mitrofan M. Afanasiev File, 1937-1952.

Scope and Content Note

M. M. Afanasiev was born in Russia on 21 November 1900. In 1920 he left Russia and in 1927 he was awarded the Degree of Agricultural
Engineer from the Higher School of Agriculture (Brno, Czechoslovakia). In 1930 he arrived in the United States and in June
1937 he received his Ph.D. (plant pathology, botany and organic chemistry) from the University of Nebraska. From 1936 he worked
as a Plant Pathologist and Professor of Plant Pathology at the Montana State College. Curriculum vitae and writings, divided
into articles and leaflets

box 2

Vladimir Ivanovich Azarov File, 1941-1942.

Scope and Content Note

V. I. Azarov, also known as William Azaroff (Pen name: Nevozvrashchenets?), was an agronomist and a member of the VTsIK of
the Communist Party of the USSR. He personally knew V. I. Lenin and I. V. Stalin. From 1928 to 1930(?) he worked as a Soviet
Trade representative in Riga. In 1930(?) he defected to the West, and later emigrated to the United States. Correspondence,
writings, and one print

box 3

Aleksandr D. Bilimovich File, 1953-1960 and undated.

Scope and Content Note

Professor A. D. Bilimovich was a Russian émigré economist and writer, author of the book
Marksizm: Izlozhenie i kritika. Writings, arranged chronologically by title

box 4

Vasilii Vladimirovich Bolgarskii File, 1913-1953.

Scope and Content Note

V. V. Bolgarskii was a lecturer in chemistry and physics in various educational institutions in Harbin, China. He established
a number of physics and chemistry laboratories and published numerous textbooks on chemistry and physics. Birth certificate,
curriculum vitae, diploma, employment records, invitation, and letters of recommendation, arranged alphabetically by physical
form

box 5

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bubnov File, 1915-1951.

Scope and Content Note

The documents of Colonel A. A. Bubnov relate primarily to the history of the 9-aia Sibirskaia Strelkovaia Artilleriiskaia
brigada in the First World War. Certificates, correspondence, description of battles, financial records, liquidation documents,
list of officers, orders, service records

box 6

Agapii Goncharenko File, 1913-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Father Agapii Goncharenko (Andrei Onufrievich Goncharenko, aka Agapius Honcharenko) was the publisher of the first Russian
language newspaper in the United States - the
Alaska Herald (later
Svoboda). Clipping and biographical articles about him

box 7

Taras Petrovich Gordeev (Gordeeff) File, 1910?-1970.

Scope and Content Note

T. P. Gordeev was a soil scientist in Manchuria and teacher of natural sciences in different educational institutions in Harbin,
China. Biographical file, correspondence, subject file, photographs, arranged alphabetically by physical form

The papers of A. D. Kozhukhar', also know as Alexander Kojuhare, reflect the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in
China, and include photographs of Harbin, China, and Russian clergymen. Certificates and diplomas, and photographs

box 10

Pavel Viacheslavovich Lashkov File, 1908-1923.

Scope and Content Note

P. V. Lashkov (Paul Lashkoff) served in the Siberian Flotilla in 1919-1923. Certificates and service records, and photographs

box 11

Ivan Vasil'evich Maiorov File, 1936 and undated.

Scope and Content Note

I. V. Maiorov was a prominent figure in the cooperation movement in Siberia. Biographical note and writings

box 12

Adelaida Tikhonovna Martynova File, 1926-1940.

Scope and Content Note

A. T. Martynova (Martinoff) was a member of several Russian charitable organizations, in particular the Committee for the
Benefit of the Russian Disabled Veterans of the World War. Clippings, correspondence, family file, and membership cards, arranged
alphabetically by physical form

box 13

Petr Akekseevich Mikhailov File, 1867-1929.

Scope and Content Note

P. A. Mikhailov was born on 12 January 1889, and served in various ranks in different military units. Biographical file, military
decorations, and photographs, arranged alphabetically by physical form

This collection contains official records of the Obshchestvo Russkikh inzhenerov i tekhnikov na o. Kipr donated by its former
secretary, Arkadii Anatol'evich Lenchevskii. Certificate, charter, financial statements, and minutes of meetings

box 15

Pavel Fedorovich Orlov File, 1929-1964.

Scope and Content Note

Doctor P. F. Orlov, also known as Paul F. Orlov, had medical practices in Harbin and Shanghai, China, specializing in nervous,
mental and internal diseases. He later emigrated to the United States. Biographical file, correspondence, printed matter,
and speeches and writings, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 16

Podushkin Family File, 1867-1914.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains records of the three generations of the Podushkin family of Russian naval officers. Certificates,
power of attorney, service and tax records, arranged alphabetically by name of family member

box 17

Sentianin Family File, 1901-1977.

Scope and Content Note

Includes papers of Vasilii Evgrafovich Sentianin, head of the Pension Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway administration
(KVZhD), and Evgeniia Aleksandrovna Sentianina (pen name E. Aleksandrova), well-known Russian journalist who worked in China
in 1927-1945 and was the mother of writer Valerii Pereleshin (Salatko-Petrishche). She emigrated to Brazil, where she died
in 1980. Correspondence, notebook, scrapbook, writings, and miscellany, arranged alphabetically by name of family member in
a family file; and photographs

box 18

Marina Valery File, 1927-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Marina Valery (Valeri), née Marina Petrashova (Petraschow), was a child actress of various talents who performed in displaced
persons camps in Allied occupation zones. Biographical file and photographs

Container List

Box 1

MITROFAN M. AFANASIEV FILE, 1937-1952

Box/Folder 1 : 1

Curriculum vitae, n.d.

Writings

Articles

Box/Folder 1 : 2

"Comparative Physiology of Actinomyces in Relation to Potato Scab," abstract of dissertation, University of Nebraska, 1937.

Includes birth certificate of his mother, Feoktista Vasil'evna Bolgarskaia

Box/Folder 4 : 2

Curriculum vitae, 1953

Box/Folder 4 : 3

Declaration to the Brazilian government, n.d.

Box/Folder 4 : 4

Diploma issued by Kazan University, Russia, 1913

Box/Folder 4 : 5

Employment records, 1919-1946

Box/Folder 4 : 6

Invitation to the meeting of the Russian Medical Society of Harbin, 1941

Box/Folder 4 : 7

Letters of recommendation, 1935-1936

Box/Folder 5 : 1

ALEKSANDR ALEKSANDROVICH BUBNOV FILE, 1915-1951.

Scope and Content Note

Military records include certificates, correspondence, financial documents, liquidation documents, list of officers, and orders
of the 9-aia Sibirskaia Strelkovaia General-Fel'dtseikhmeistera Velikogo Kniazia Mikhaila Nikolaevicha Artilleriiskaia brigada.
Also includes service records of Colonel Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bubnov and description of the unit's first World War I battle
on 6 February 1915. Original order of papers established by A. A. Bubnov retained